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Catch And Release [DVD] [2007]
enlarge	Director: Susannah Grant Actors: Jennifer Garner, Juliette Lewis, Joshua Friesen, Darren Daurie, Timothy Olyphant Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Category: DVD List Price: ~~£19.99~~ Buy New: £0.96 as of 21/11/2009 14:59 GMT details You Save: £19.03 (95%) New (24) Used (16) from £0.75 Seller: media-shipper Rating: 10 reviews Sales Rank: 7491 Format: Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen Languages: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), Spanish (Subtitled), Dutch (Subtitled), Hindi (Subtitled), Norwegian (Subtitled), Finnish (Subtitled), Italian (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Danish (Subtitled), Swedish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Spanish (Dubbed), Italian (Dubbed) Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over Region: 2 Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 107 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5035822848931 ASIN: B000R342S6 Theatrical Release Date: 2007 Release Date: July 23, 2007 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.co.uk Jennifer Garner's lips grow more Angelina-esque every year. In the romantic comedy iCatch and Release/i, Garner (iAlias/i,i13 Going On 30/i) plays Gray Wheeler, a young woman whose fiance dies unexpectedly before the wedding, leaving Gray unable to afford her home--so she moves in with her fiance's best friends, Sam (Kevin Smith, director of iClerks/i and iDogma/i) and Dennis (Sam Jaeger, iLucky Number Slevin/i). But the presence of another old friend named Fritz (Timothy Olyphant, iDeadwood/i) leads to the unveiling of a secret: Gray's fiance had a child with another woman. iCatch and Release/i lacks the clear story structure that most romantic comedies are built on, but trades it for a richer sense of the ambiguities of human relationships. Garner, though lovely and personable, is a bit bland--fortunately, she's surrounded by actors with all kinds of edges, including Smith (who shows an unexpected and uncloying earnest side), Fiona Shaw (from the iHarry Potter/i movies) as the fiance's grieving mother, and Juliette Lewis (iCape Fear/i), who demonstrates once again her powers as a fearless and surprising actress. iCatch and Release/i is an uneven movie with a remarkably elegant visual style that sometimes clashes with the workman-like dialogue, but it can't be written off as the same old Hollywood claptrap. Though a happy ending is inevitable, the path it takes has some surprising turns and flashes of unexpected emotional depth.i-- Bret Fetzer/i

Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 10 1 2 Next » Great Rom-Com August 21, 2007 Ms. Y. Winters (Glasgow, Scotland) 13 out of 15 found this review helpful I loved this film so much I had to watch it twice. Would recommend this to all those you enjoy a good rom-com with a bit of a twist. Yet Another Tragically Underrated Film June 21, 2008 Kate Thompson (West Yorkshire, England) 3 out of 3 found this review helpful Let me just start off by saying that this is the first review I have ever written on Amazon. What led me to make this change in my behaviour is simply the fact that after watching Catch and Release on Sky this week for the first time, I was so incensed by the sheer lack of praise for this truly wonderful film that I could not hold myself back. br / br /I had not even heard of this film until a few months ago and certainly don't remember it being on at the cinema. After reading the bad reviews and criticisms aplenty directed at Catch and Release I watched it not expecting to like it but boy was I wrong. br / br /Firstly, I can only imagine that this film was seriously under marketed, probably wrongly as a romantic comedy. It is not a romantic comedy. It is a lot of things with a little dash of humour in which makes you smile to yourself at times but IT IS NOT A COMEDY! br / br /Remember Tremors, a cult classic? No one had even heard of that when it came out originally - sadly another undermarketed/mis-marketed film - but now it's huge and has spawned 2 sequels and a TV series! br / br /Sadly, I fear that people expected this film to be different than it is. That simple misconception could well have been its downfall. br / br /Has the general public become so numbed by films with massive explosions, copious amounts of violence and incessant swearing that we can no longer enjoy touching, emotional films like this one? Or is it that we are so used to the same old `rom-coms' that Hugh Grant and the like spew out year after year that we are scared to appreciate something with a different feel to it? br / br /To put it simply this film is beautiful. It's moving, sad, romantic, painful, sweet, good natured and humorous at times and in the end it teaches us that there is hope. We eventually learn that life does indeed go on after the death of a loved one. br / br /The film begins with a tragic funeral which we never really forget throughout the film, even though there is so much else to consider. The director manages the impossible - to create a heart-warming, tender film even in the presence of such sadness - and she pulls it off completely. In the hands of someone else it could have been such a mess but it isn't - it's simply brilliant. I only wish there were more films like this that didn't feel the need to blow everything up or beat the living snot out of the characters to gain an audience. br / br /All the actors, especially of course the fantastic Jennifer Garner and Timothy Olyphant, play their parts perfectly. The chemistry between the two main characters is palpable and really adds to the charm. These two actors have that rare knack of being able to portray a barrage of emotions perfectly just with their facial expressions and body language - a talent that many other actors lack. You know exactly what they are feeling and thinking without them saying a word and it hits you hard. The scene in the fishing hut, in the peace garden, is a prime example of this. br / br /This film moved me greatly. It may sound harsh but seriously, you could only not enjoy this film if your heart is a shrivelled up prune and you have never known the feelings of loss, love, hope and the oh so heart breaking one of unrequited love. br / br /It just makes me so sad that this film wasn't the hit it should have been and only hope that the writers, producers and director of Catch and Release know that there are some of us out there that loved it and hope for more like it. great fun July 31, 2007 Mrs. Jayne M. Jarvis (west midlands, england) 6 out of 8 found this review helpful the review below is utter rubbish, this film is great and not predictable and the acting from kevin smith and timothy olyphant is unbelievably good. Its not the best film of the year but still highly recommended especially if u like 'jersey girl'. fantastic Original take on the romantic comedy August 8, 2007 Louise Amkaer (Greenland) 19 out of 19 found this review helpful A romantic comedy: yes - with modifications. "Catch and release" is not your average romantic comedy with a simple plot, that is so generic that you hardly remember the movie afterwards. This movie has a twist, that makes it worth not only a Sunday afternoon on the couch but another look. br / br /The right people find eachother in the end - no surprise there, but "Catch and release" has an original take on the romantic comedy. Gray has lost her fiancée and is thrown into the practical problems this ensues. She can't offord the house they were moving in to together and ends up in a house with three of her late fiancée's friends. br / br /What raises this movie above the generic romantic comedy is the real feel it has. The characters aren't complete strangers who walk down the sidewalk and suddenly can't their eyes off each other. The characters in "Catch and release" haven't really chosen each other, Gray's late fiancée and a dash of circumstance bring them together. br / br /Furthermore, the characters are very rounded, lovable and despisable at the same time. The entire cast really encapsules that fact. Great movie! br / br /Louise. surprisingly touching November 17, 2008 Ms. F. I. Macdonald (uk) I am happy to give this film a good review because I was not holding out much hope for it being brilliant. I really liked it though, it was gentle and touching without being a typical chick flick and there was a genuine feeling of sadness surrounding Jennifer Garner's widowed character. A good movie to make you appreciate life and all the people in it, friends and lovers. Showing reviews 1-5 of 10 1 2 Next »

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